The Associated Press

If there were ever a day of widespread disappointment for Americans at the Olympics, it was Friday.

Of the 20 gold medals available at the Olympics, only one went to an American.

The last one.

What was easily the worst day of the Athens Games for the U.S. team also could be considered among the nation's worst at any Olympics, mainly because there were so many high-profile flops.

The biggest disappointment was the men's basketball team losing in the semifinals. This will be the first time the NBA players won't be going home with a gold medal. And they might not even get bronze. Their foe in the consolation game today will be Lithuania, a team that already has beaten the Americans.

Marion Jones, who was the Michael Phelps of the 2000 Games, was shut out on the track. She landed 8 inches short of a medal in the long jump, her lone individual event, then was part of a botched handoff on the 400-meter relay, an event the United States has traditionally dominated.

The U.S. tradition in diving was even stronger. Until Friday. With Caesar Garcia and Kyle Prandi not even making the finals in the 10-meter platform, Americans were shut out of any medals for the first time in 92 years.